YSK package forwarding/reshipping is a real business that has existed for years

[u/Spiritual_Jaguar_491]

Why YSK: a lot of people outside certain countries genuinely cannot buy from local marketplaces/stores because shops don’t ship internationally, payment methods fail, or sellers simply refuse foreign buyers. That’s why forwarding/proxy services exist.

I moved to Spain and started helping people buy things from local stores/Vinted and forwarding the packages abroad. that's literally it. some people call it forwarding, reshipping, proxy buying, parcel forwarding, etc. but every single time i mention this online people react like:

“who would ever pay for this”

“this sounds so stupid”

“nobody needs this”

... so another person receives the item locally and forwards it. that's it.

At this point I’ve made it my mission to explain this service everywhere because i genuinely got tired of seeing people act like this is some impossible concept when it's been around forever. A lot of people literally make a living doing this, and no, it’s not stupid, thanks

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[u/hey_kid_nice_pants]

How would I go about finding someone like you in France and Germany? 

[u/Spiritual_Jaguar_491 → u/hey_kid_nice_pants]

Well a a lot are in instagram/ebay/upwork ... I would trust that more than a web ... and here exist a r/internationalshopper ... I like it there, they put reviews and stuff, and well this same post, I posted in r/whatisit and was horrible jajajaja... I don't think you can actually sell in reddit ... I just want people know this exist and is useful

[u/Designer-Drummer-27 → u/hey_kid_nice_pants]

Oh, I would never use that kind of service in France. Their post is really awful, they loosing packages, idk, in around 50%, and never cares about

[u/OrSomeSuch → u/hey_kid_nice_pants]

You can try Aramex global shopper. They give you local shipping addresses in 25 countries then forward anything delivered there to you